diff --git a/data-scripts/Pipfile b/data-scripts/Pipfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdf5e358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-scripts/Pipfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[[source]]
+url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+name = "pypi"
+
+[packages]
+contentful-management = "~=2.14"
+click = "~=8.2"
+petl = "~=1.7"
+ratelimit = "~=2.2"
+tqdm = "~=4.67"
+
+[dev-packages]
+
+[requires]
+python_version = "3.10"
diff --git a/data-scripts/README.md b/data-scripts/README.md
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--- a/data-scripts/README.md
+++ b/data-scripts/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,26 @@
 Handy little python scripts to clean and merge voter turnout
 and registration data. Also a script to migrate content.
 
+You should use the `pipenv` command to install the dependencies.
+Install that with a package manager or `pip install pipenv`.
+
+After you have pipenv, change in to this data-scripts directory and
+run `pipenv install`
+
+To run the commands, use a pipenv shell like:
+
+```
+pipenv shell
+python cli.py
+```
+
+or the run command:
+```
+pipenv run python cli.py
+```
+
+## Available commands
+
 ```
 Usage: cli.py [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...